The 1686ha Alora-Mia is a beef, lamb and wool production platform with a carrying capacity of 16,800 Dry Sheep Equivalents.

THIS week’s property review includes THIS wrap up of recently completed sales and two separate articles on interesting properties listed for sale.

• Langenhovens expand northern NSW holdings
• NQ’s Inkerman Station changes hands for $34m+
• Neighbour pays $22m for Roma finishing country
• $9.5m for NSW Western Plains country
• NSW National Parks secures Pulgamutie Station

Langenhovens expand NSW holdings

Within a matter of months of making its first purchase in the region, the Langenhoven and Ramazotti families have  expanded their northern New South Wales holdings with the purchase of prime New England grazing country north-east of Armidale.

The 1686ha Alora-Mia is a beef, lamb and wool production platform with a carrying capacity of 16,800 Dry Sheep Equivalents.

LAWD agent Michael Corcoran confirmed the property had changed hands but was unable to disclose the buyer or the price. However, during the 2025 marketing campaign, Alora-Mia was listed for $14.8 million.

Well known for its vast Northern Territory cattle landholdings, the South African Langenhoven and Ramazotti families, trading as Rallen Australia, ventured into NSW for the first time in May with the purchase of the nearby premium, high rainfall grazing property Doughboy Mountain.

Rallen paid between $26 million and $28 million for the 1891ha red meat production factory located 56km east of Guyra and 68km north-east of Armidale, in the prestigious Wongwibinda/Ebor region of northern New South Wales.

Rallen chose not to comment about the Alora-Mia purchase when approached by Beef Central, but its understood the company is looking at other assets in the region.

Located less than 4km from Doughboy, Alora-Mia has creek flats rising to undulating arable open grazing land and hills, lightly timbered with apple box, peppermint gum and stringy bark.

About 74 percent of the New England trap and granite soils are arable, 515ha (31pc) are sown to improved pastures with the balance growing a mix of temperate and native perennial grasses.

Alora-Mia is watered by the Wollomombi River, the Boundary and Lambs Valley Creeks and 19 dams.

Improvements include an eight-stand shearing shed, steel sheep yards and timber and steel cattle yards. There are 17km of new or upgraded internal fences and 11km of new exclusion fencing.

NQ’s Inkerman Station changes hands for $34m+

A southern Queensland operator has paid more than $34 million for North Queensland’s Inkerman Station.

The 16,622ha EU-accredited property is 15km south of Home Hill and 110km south-east of Townsville, in the heart of the Burdekin Basin food bowl, a region known for its reliable annual rainfall and long growing season.

Nutrien Harcourts agent David Woodhouse said Inkerman was passed in at auction after bidding reached $34m, before subsequently being sold for an undisclosed amount to a southern Queensland operator at a higher figure.

The walk-in, walk-out, going-concern, sale included an extensive plant inventory and 2000 EU-accredited breeders, mainly Brangus bloodlines, with No. 6 followers and 55 Wagyu bulls.

Offered for sale by Greenvale producers Tim and Megan Atkinson of Lucky Downs, the large-scale coastal freehold property is suitable for breeding, backgrounding and finishing, as well as farming. It was once owned by the North Australian Pastoral Co (NAPCo).

During the Atkinsons’ ownership, Inkerman operated as a breeding and backgrounding enterprise, running between 3500 and 4000 head, with scope to lift that carrying capacity through further land development for pasture or crops.

The Atkinsons had significantly developed the farming side of the operation during their tenure, with around 600ha of the darker alluvial soils planted to sorghum.

Set in a 900mm rainfall region, Inkerman is watered by 15 bores, four of which are not currently in use, along with 11 dams and a network of permanent and seasonal lagoons, springs and waterholes.

Infrastructure includes two homes, a self-contained cottage, numerous sheds, two cattle yards and new fencing.

Neighbour pays $22m for Roma finishing country

A neighbour has paid more than $22 million for some of the most highly regarded cattle finishing country in the Roma district.

The 2805ha Kooringa Downs is 47km north-east of Roma and 112km south-west of Taroom, close to saleyards, feedlots and store cattle markets in southern Queensland.

Nutrien Harcourts GDL agents Rick Benham said the property was purchased by a local family prior to auction.

While unable to disclose the sale price, he said it exceeded expectations, achieving a record for the area.

Kooringa Downs was offered for sale by the Miller family after four generations of ownership, with the listing generating strong inquiry from across Queensland.

During the marketing campaign, Mr Benham described Kooringa as one of the district’s outstanding grazing opportunities.

“Suited to finishing, backgrounding, breeding and stud cattle enterprises, it is highly regarded for outstanding weight gains and superior finishing performance.”

The country comprises 85 percent brigalow-belah, softwood scrub and vine soils with the balance box and belah country and creek flats growing prolific improved pastures including buffel, green panic and native grasses.

Kooringa Downs is watered by 16 dams, four bores (two operational) and supported by 650mm of average annual rainfall.

Infrastructure includes a four-bedroom relocatable home with panoramic 360-degree views, older style cattle yards, numerous sheds and 11.5km of dingo barrier fencing.

Bottle Tree country on Kooringa Downs

$9.5m for NSW Western Plains country

A dryland cropping, sheep and cattle breeding enterprise with established containment-feeding infrastructure has sold for around its $9.5 million asking price.

The 7385ha Warrawing is located 22km from Carinda and 60km from Walgett in the Western Plains region of New South Wales.

LAWD agent Michael Corcoran was unable to disclose the sale price or buyer, but Beef Central understands the purchaser is a group with interests in biodiversity.

The property’s beneficial flood-out opportunities, supported by 9km of Macquarie River frontage, are understood to have been the main drawcard, with the balance of the holding expected to remain in livestock and cropping production.

Owned by Graham and Pauline Swain and operated by their sons Michael and Peter, Warrawing was listed in October last year after 25 years of family ownership.

The Swains are now focusing on their 5000-head Kia Ora Feedlot business near Brewarrina.

Around 1144ha of Warrawing is arable, with grey, brown and red clays and red-brown earths suited to winter crops for fodder or cash cropping, depending on seasonal conditions.

Last year, the Swains grew 1144ha of wheat. The balance comprises 5415ha of native pasture and herbage and 826ha of saltbush country capable of running 1200 ewes and lambs and 250 cows and calves.

The property includes a drought lot used for containment feeding, with capacity for up to 1500 cattle and 4000 sheep and lambs. Established at the end of 2016 to take advantage of soft commodity prices, it operated until the end of 2023.

Water is also supplied by an 11km bore drain, a bore, seven dams and the Ginghet Creek, in an annual average rainfall region of 447mm.

Infrastructure includes a four-bedroom home, staff quarters, a cottage, cattle and sheep yards, a shearing shed, numerous sheds and grain storage. Over the past five years, 25km of new fencing has been erected.

NSW National Parks secures Pulgamutie Station

The New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service is believed to have purchased Pulgamutie Station, a far western grazing property roughly the size of Singapore.

The 74,663ha enterprise is located near Packsaddle, 26km east of the Silver City Highway and 235km north-east of Broken Hill.

Pulgamutie passed in at auction for $8.2 million but is understood to have sold shortly afterwards.

When approached for comment, NPWS said, “As any discussions relating to potential land transactions are commercial-in-confidence, NPWS is unable to provide further comment at this time.”

Owned by Grant Roberts, the breeding and backgrounding property was sold after more than 75 years of family ownership.

Over the years, Pulgamutie transitioned from a mixed cattle and sheep enterprise to a cattle only operation. It was offered with a long-term carrying capacity of 17,000DSE to 20,000DSE.

The country is diverse, ranging from stony undulating land and tableland plains with heavier loam soils to vegetated sandhills and expansive lake and creek systems.

The station is home to the largest lake in the bioregion, while extensive wetlands and creek systems occupy a significant portion of the property.

Situated in a 220mm average annual rainfall region, Pulgamutie Station is watered by dams and a bore.

Infrastructure includes a five-bedroom home, workers’ accommodation, numerous sheds and five livestock yards.

Elders agents Adam Chilcott and Richard Gemmell handled the sale.

Pulgamurtie Station